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Wooden DMC build
#31
drawing
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painting
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covered with clear plastic for protection and test fitted
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edges sealed
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rear bumper in progress
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#32
preparing space on bumper to carve DeLorean letters
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first letter done
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all letters carved with paper knife
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filled with white paint
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turned out well for a first try
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#33
flipping heck fella! its really coming along! Big Grin
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#34
RobScott Wrote:flipping heck fella! its really coming along! Big Grin
I know man, crazy stuff Big Grin
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#35
I'm used to working with metal and fibreglass, i could never ever imagine to get that sort of finish with wood.
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#36
RobScott Wrote:I'm used to working with metal and fibreglass, i could never ever imagine to get that sort of finish with wood.
Cheers Rob, still long way to go till actual finish on the outside
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#37
I really wish I had the patience and the skill to make something like that

I am more impressed with the level of detail and accuracy of the model with every posting

Love the photos, keep 'em coming! Big Grin
Richard H. DOC 365 VIN 1274
http://www.deloreans.co.uk
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
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#38
have this order to finish Smile
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in meantime back on DMC and starting to work with few tiny wood pieces
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pine wood for rear lights and red mahogany for the rest
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all pieces in place, quality of image is not great as I'm shooting with my phone, my other camera broke down
there is 3 different wood colors to imitate lights
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wood splitters glued individually between wood pieces(lights)
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one side sanded down and done, other to go
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job done on lights and surrounding area
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#39
There's more work been put into this little DMC than Lotus put into theirs! :lol:
#10556 'Ol Stainless' running surprisingly well,Audi A5 2.0T Quattro smug as usual,Wenault Slaguna stationary for the mo',the R.V.Enterprise clocking the U.K.miles up,new fleet addition-Jessica the Daewoo Matiz,silly but 55mpg....!
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#40
bjbrownie Wrote:There's more work been put into this little DMC than Lotus put into theirs! :lol:
absolutely, because Lotus don't make cars from wood Big Grin
thanks for comment mate Wink
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#41
time to finish rear bumper pieces
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next piece
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#42
time to put together rear pure wooden Louvre Smile
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putting in place parts for frame
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sides for frame in place, all other parts can go in
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all in and sanded, time to cut some holes
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holes cut and sanded, time to put in some detail
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all in place and sanded down
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now starting with engine cover, first pieces glued together
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sanded down and test fitted
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sides added
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looking good altogether, need to add few more bits on that engine cover next time
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#43
Decided to do some work on fenders to give more look to the car
so shape cut out of pine wood as it is soft, flexible and perfect for the job
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glued in place
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and sanded
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the rest of fenders done as well, looking good, need to shape a bit more when wheels will be in place
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next, will try to make wheels now, center pieces will go in sometime after
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as I don't have lathe wood turning thing improvising with my DREMEL tool, carving is even done without support stand, everything done by free hand in air with very tiny carving tool
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pay attention to wheel, looking good
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only 2 turned out well as other two has to be wider and a bit bigger for the back
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so, tried to come up with chassis that would be similar to real car. It would be easier to make normal one as for all cars, but felt right to make
one as close as possible to real one....this was my first try
rough plan drawn up
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now, this is what I achieved
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wasn't happy with it, so destroyed it after 2 days work
this is how first attempt ended
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so second attempt, printed out best available real chassis 3d guide
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drawn up to match woodie dmc scale and cut out
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started with this piece of mahogany block
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center piece done
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front side part getting ready, few more wood strips glued in for extra strength
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front done, end parts needs to go on as well
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rear part of chassis coming together
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chassis strength parts done, now need to free up some space for it
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once tunnel for chassis made under car body, proceeded further detailing chassis at he rear end
made up middle part and other elements, added wheels to see how it looks together
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#44
WOW!
Membership Secretary DOC UK
2021's DeLorean event: http://www.deloreans.co.uk/forum/showthr...p?tid=6056
VIN#15768 Ex VIN#4584
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#45
Amazing! Shock
Richard H. DOC 365 VIN 1274
http://www.deloreans.co.uk
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
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